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Black Lizard Prospect

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040518
MRDS ID M055329
Record type Site
Current site name Black Lizard Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sullivan's Property, Sullivan and Cornelius, Sullivan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94872, 38.35243 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 1.5 MILES NE OF PILOT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 175
USGS model code 26c
Deposit model name Barite-fluorite veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.94872, 38.35243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEP//LOW TO NE
    Length 41.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones And Bedding Plane Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer C.E. Sullivan
Production years TO 1941

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. V. Meiser

Comments on the production information

  • 2 - PIPE D RETORT (1943)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF TRENCHES AND PITS EXPLORE A NORTH WESTERLY TREND FOR 135 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944 QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    5) PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORMAL FAULTS AND BEDDING SHEARS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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